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western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday october 12 1824 no 227 pb15t 1 a rcbhshed every tuesday by j'hilo white january 1810 prove not only that he was not in the confidence of the ad ministration but that his opposition to it was bitter and severe the president's message said he " has been introduced by the chairman of the committee in support of this bill feeble must be thc aid which this measure can derive from that source this message in point of obscurity comes nearer to my ideas of a delphic or,cle thun any state-paper which has come under my inspection it is so cautiously expressed that every man puts what construction on it he pleases is he for war â€” the mes sage breathes nothing but destruction and bloodshed is he for peace ? â€” the message is mere milk and xvater and wholly pacific is he for the bill before you â€” the message calls for its passage is he a friend to a large standing armv ? â€” whv then themes sage means 20,000 regular troops is he friendly to the militia â€” 1 he mes sage does not call for regular troops it means militia thus sir this mes sage means any thing or nothing at the will of the commentator if this message is oracular in its meaning it was no less miraculous in its pro mulgation the newspapers to the east of this stated that such a mes sage would be delivered and stated its contents nearly one week before it reached the two houses of congress to account for this phenomenon is neither within ray power or province 1 could any declaration be quoted from mr pickering himself more in dicative of a want of confidence in mr madison's administration than that of mr crawford whh h may be found in the national intelligencer of febuary 2d 1810 let it be remem bered that this speech was made in opposition to a bill for fitting out all our frigates for the protection of our commerce and that mr crawford there declares that l * if every frigate slonp and bomb-ketch in our navy was a first rate ship of the line it would be even then wholly incompetent to that objecr " if the united states suid he ." were to invest one hundred millions of dollars in vessels of war and to expend one-fourth of that sum annually by employing it for the pro tection of our commerce it would still be unprotected or the nation involved in war which expends more than three hun dred millions of'doliars such were mr crawford's sentiments aud yet he is the consistent republican the staunch defender of our country's rights ! ' !" let us now see what mr crawford thinks of the american n.tvy and what objections he urged againsc mr madison's naval preparations for war the navy said mr crawford " which was created by a federal ad ministration was reduced to what they called a peace establishment in this situation it was founl by the late admin istration mr jefferson's who so far from running into the extreme stopped short in th salutary work of reform " the rew administration cautiously guardinr against tbe charge ot innovation stoiped short of their duty they onglt to have amputated this fungus ofthebody politic and re stored it to a healhy state this was not done and tht nation has conse quently spent aboit twelve millions of dollars upon it the navy such are mr crawford's expressions in con demning mr jefferson for not having destroyed the navy md yet he is a consistent republican and not un friendly to the navy !"' what did mr crawford afterwards say was the only use of the navy here him " that gentleman mr hillhouse and his frends are act ing consistently in supjorting tuis bill they are supporting a system which owes its birth to them they believ ed and no doubt honstly that a gov ernment which relied or support only on the utility of its measures would be weak and inefficimt they en deavoured to strtngthm it by creating asystem of patronage,for that purpose the navy was built mdfor that pur pose and for that alone it is calculated u agaiust great bruin it will be whollv lncffu ient or vortc than ineffi cient such were mr crawford's opinions and yet he s a " consistent republican and not unfriendly to the navy ! !" in the speech of mr crawford on the navv see he national intelligen cer of friday feb 2d 1810 he ar gues against the maxim " that to be prepared for war is the best means of preserving peace which had been cited by a senator from virginia and shows his want of confidence in mr a adison's administration by these remarks : *' gentlemen who think with me who believe that we shall not have war and that so far as depends on our actions we ought not to have it will do well to reflect that wtien our fleets are equipped and armies raised we must employ them we must go to war to justify ourselves to the nation for the exorbitant expenses which we have incurred by these means such are mr crawford's arguments against mr madison's preparations for war and vet mr crawford is " the illustri ous patriot â€” the consistent republican â€” the uniform supporter of mr jeffer son's and mv madison's administra tions ! !" if mr crawford's advice had been followed where would have been the glory of our naval victories ? where the national honor which now dilates the heart of every american on whatever land he may tread or on whatever ocean the winds may waft him ? soften his opposition ? if it did not how came mr crawford after repea ted previous declarations that zve ought not to go to war to return to the senate the next year 1812 and with out a single additional reason for de claring war whenj in fact there was one less as compensation had been made for the attack on the chesa peak vote for it when recommended by mr madison ? was he not at the next session of congress 1812 â€” 10 appointed minister to france although he could not speak one word of french ? the attempt of mr crawford's friends to prove that he enjoyed the entire confidence of mr madison at this time by alleging that he was of fered the war department would not if true redound to his credit j for it would go to establish the fact that at a moment when our country was inva ded and in imminent danger and when we stood in need of aid in the war department mr crawford pre ferred the comparatively idle mission to france with 27,000 dollars for two years services to the arduous duties of the department of war with its 10 or 12,000 dollars salary for the same period when he returned from france the year after peace was con cluded and after mr dallas had no bly discharged the invidious task of re ducing the army and of selecting the officers mr crawford with great wil lingness accepted the appointment al though he still continued intimate with the malcontents who voted for him in caucus the next year 1816 in prefer ence to col monroe ! and has he not been closely connected with those mal contents during all mr monroe's ad ministration and the opponent of its most liberal measures ? was he not in favor of giving to great britain the right of search for slaves on her own terms and did he not tell mr strat ford canning that it was mr adams who insisted in the cabinet on not al lowing it unless the british govern ment made the slave trade piracy ? af ter mr adams succeeded in making the convention on our own terms did not mr crawford who had been in favor of giving great britain greater privileges inform his friends that ow ing to his indisposition he had not been consulted on the final treaty and advise them for electioneering purpo ses to oppose its passage in the sen ate and to raise a hue and cry if pos sible against it ? and did they not all oppose it with the exception of mr barbour who as chairman had re commended it and mr lowrie who feared public opinion in pennsylva nia town lots sale ! ! tt7"ill be sold at public auction on friday t t the 5th of november next at the court house in the new town of lexington david son county twelve town lots in said new town being all the lots remaining unsold the terms will be bonds and approved security at six and twelve months title will be conveyed to the pu r chascr on executing the bonjs john monroe ~) john clemmons i com'rs david cox 3 sept 25 1824 3it27 the terms of the western carolinian will hereafter be as follows : three dollars a year navable in advance # no paper discontinued except at the option rfthe editor until all arrearages are paid advertisements will be inserted at fifty cents per square ibr the first insertion and twenty-five cents for each subsequent one \]| letters addressed to the editor must oe tatt-paid or they will not be attended to political fresh goods tfie subscribers are receiving and opening at their stork in concord direct from philadelphia and new york a large and general assortment of ihom the national jocunal sept 15 jmr crawford's consistency great credit is given to mr craw ford by the opposition papers for what they call his independent votes on the embargo and on the proposed renewal of the charter of the old united states bank there are some facts yet undisclosed connected with these votes and with mr crawford's p,,litical career which are worth know ing and as those journals have refu sed to insert the " westmoreland ad dress notwithstanding its liberality and forbearance in speaking of mr crawford : and as some f them have violently railed at its reputed author m'jor somerville for suggesting that ivir crawford was unfriendly to the gradual increase of the navy it is worth while to disclose a few of them without pretending to know from what information that gentleman drew his conclusions it is easy to show that thev are correct and it might not be difficult to prove that he has spoken too indulgently of mr crawford if any imposition has been practised ou the public credulity by mr crawford's friends in consequence ot his not hav ing been si.fficiei tly conspicuous 15 or 16 years ago to have had all his pin ions distinctly noted and remembered it is time that the veil should be with drawn and the truth made known the public are already informed that this exclusive and consistent repub lican signed in 1798 an address declaring his confidence in u the wis dom justice and firmness of the administration of mr john adams and that after the fall of federalism he denounced it as regardless of " utility in its measures but the extent to which he carried his opposi'ion to the administration of jefferson and of mr madison has not yet been sufficiently pointed out it will be recollected that mr john randolph quarrelled with mr jeffer son and his party except mr galla \ tin about the year of 1s06 or 7 and succeeded in forming a little malcon tent taction which continued to gore and to oppose the government until the declaration of war during the course of it ' who were the members of this opposition to mr jefferson's administration were they not mr randolph of virginia mr d r williams of s carolina mr w h crawford of georgia c cc was not mr crawford first elected to the senate about 1807 and did he not identify himself with the randolph opposition on the embargo and other questions did not the rancorous op position of mr randolph to mr jef ferson's administration cause a violent political quarrel in or about the year of 1808 between him and i r eppes the republican leader in virginia and the son-in-law of mr jefferson ; and did not mr crawford carry a chal lenge from mr randolph to mr eppes and did not mr eppes select his political friend col r m john son of kentucky to bear his accep tance of the challenge although it was known that he mr eppes could scarcely hit a barn-door with a pis tol although mr crawford voted against the embargo did he not when the republican party determined to re peal it vote against the repeal and the next year declare in a speech that " the embargo although vilified and abandoned here had proved effica cious and ought not to have been repealed did he not vote with the malcontents against mr madison's administration and against the repub lican party â€¢ and not only on the em bargo and the united states bank but on almost every great question from the time he went into congress 1807 to 1812 does not the follow ing extract of mr crawford's speech on mr madison's message of the 3d all kinds of goods : and have made arrangements to receive from said places monthly any further supply that may be necessary â€” selected with care and laid in at price3 that will enable them to sell very low their customers and the public at large are respectfully invited to call examine and judge for themselves murphy k brown concord sept 1824 t48 jy country produce of all kinds received in exchange for goods noivce vt august county court the subscriber ob tained letters of administration on the es tate of frederick dinkins dec'd all persons having demands against said estate are reques ted to render them in to the subscriber as soon as convenient that provision may be made for the payment thereof also those indebted to said estate will please to make payment as soon as possible as no indulgence can be given jas dinkins adm'r mecklenburg co zk c jug 28 1824 3il27 store-house at mocksville to rent f f^me subscriber wishes to rent the following 1 property during one year or for a term ot years to wit a lot at mocksville rowan coun ty on which a spacious store-house with a good cellar and a large two-story house divided into convenient and useful apartments are erected mocksville is near about in tlie centre of that section of rowan known as the forks as that part of country both as to fertility of soil and population is not inferior to any a profitable result might be anticipated from a mercantile establishment at that place gentlemen in that business and wishing a situation are invited to call and view tlie premises and judge for them selves elizabeth m pearson mocksville may 22 1824 09 f.iu\e tailor adop rs this plan of informing the citizens of salisbury and its vicinity in general that he has commenced the tailoring business in part of john i'tzman's house situated in market street a few doors from the east corner of die court-house where lie is prepared and will be happy to accommodate any gentlemen who are disposed to patronize him in his line of business in the neatest and most fashionable style or to please fancy he hatters himself from his long experience that there are but few if any in the country that can surpass him in the execution of his work \ fair trial is all he asks to prove the above assertion the changes of fashion shall be strictly attended to as he iias left a correspondent in the district of columbia where he is last from who will send him the fashions on in their regular seasons he hopes by strict attention to business to re ceive a liberal share of public patronage as ha is determined nothing shall be left undone to render general satisfaction salisbury may 5 1824 206 did not mr crawford in that speech say the strongest things to con vince the world that we had no inten tion of going to war ? and did not this speech encourage great britain to re fuse all reparation to mr madison lor the injuries ai.d insults she had helped on us what said mr crawford " but waiving all the arguments said he " against our declaring war which may be drawn from our past conduct he would ask this honourable body whether the present situation of the world does not solemnly admonish this nation to stand aloof from the dreadful convulsions whh which europe has for years past been agitated to its cen tre ? yes sir the character of the war and the principles upon which it is con ducted admonish us in the most sol emn m inner to remain quiet until its stormy billows shall subside into a calm " let it be the wisdom of this nation to remain at peace as h.ng as peace is within its option having shown from our past conduct that we do not mean to declare war and also that sound policy forbids us to do it it is necessary to inquire into the probability of its being declared against us such were the sentiments of mr crawford when great britain was plundering impressing and mur dering americans even in sight of the steeples of new york and nor folk ! and yet he is called " the consis tent republican the defender of his country's rights in objecting to mr madison's wish to have our five frigates fitted out what did mr crawford say but admitting said he " there is danger of war with england of what service will these few additional frigates be against the 1000 ships of war which that nation can put in commission ?" u if they are sent out to prey upon the commerce of the enemy but few if any of them will ever return to de fend our ports " it is in vain for us to contend on the cceau with a nation these facts and inquiries shall suffice for the present if the friends of mr crawford desire more let them pro voke them in the mean time it may be asked of a candid public whether a man who like mr crawford ne ver originated a single important mea sure in congress nor ranked as a first rate man there â€” who never gave more proof of executive than legislative tal ent â€” who never fought a public battle no made a treaty â€” who showed a sin gular want of influence or ability in the case of a certain schooner at nantz and who never ranked above a second rate diplomatist abroad whether such a man is fit to be made president of the united states even if his health were good and if his compeer mr gallatin did not cling to him as boi leau represents the spectre of chagrin mounted behind , and clinging to a man who is spurring his horse to es cape from him tav\ot\ng pÂ»wsii\css the subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public at arge that he has survived his tedious illness of the fever so that he can attend to his shop again he hopes that his customers may not forget to call on him as usual as there shaii be nothing lacking to ren der them general satisfaction in the above busi ness he pursues those that may please to call on the subscriber no doubt will be as well pleased as in any other shop in the town of salisbury it is not very necessary to mention distant fashions as some do for gentlemen are in the habit of having a particular fashion to suit themselves in dresses : i will enrage to have as good work done as can be done in the town of salisbury and on the most desirable terms also cutting and repairing will be duly atten ded to n b ladies pelieces can be cut or made '>^ f the neatest fashion at the subscriber's jnop opposite the state bank in salisbury g^^^^^^^hsamlt.r pricg . it'29 but how comes it that mr madison afterwards patronised the man who so warmly < pposed his administration why for a very plain reason the war was approaching the federal par ty increasing and mr crawford at the head of a large party in georgia whose coalition with the federalists nvght have paralized the executive to neutralize mr crawford and de tach him from randolph was conse quently of importance to the govern ment and this was accordingly contri ved and executed julv 30 1824 house and si$?i painting c i eokge vv gj&mes informs his friends h and the public that he s'ill continues to execute all kinds of house sign coach wind sor chair and ornamental painting in a style of workmanship equal to any in the country gentlemen having work to do within 50 or 60 miles of salisbury can engage the subscriber's 'â– services on very short notice the subscriber takes this opportunity to re turn his sincere thanks to all those who have generously extended tbeir favors to him ; and by his faithfulness and industry in future hopes still to merit their friendship and patronage salisbury july 5 1824 14 en vain il voudroit fuir cet incommode ami toujours il monte en croupe et galope avec lui sertorius â€” â™¦â– â€” description of a soil mr cobbett gives the following de scription of the soil best calculated for growing the wheat to be used for straw plat in imitation of leghorn :â€” " i am of opinion that a clean poor clayey field ; a nasty stiff miserable wicked soil that clings and bakes as hard as a stone with 5 or 6 days sun and that is as cold as greenland six inches beneath the surface ; a field that has broken the hearts of hun dreds of horses and scores of farmers ; i think if you could get such a field as this quite clean and were to sow it whh ten bushels to the acre you might probably get a crop of wheat as fine as hog's bris ' lies it happened that before mr smith resigned as secretary of state in 1811 the executive had some business of a secret nature to the south and at the suggestion ofthe secretary the presi dent determined to offer the agency to mr crawford now did not the se cretary write a letter to mr crawford full of compliment and flattery inviting him to accept the appointment : did he not accept it ? did it not combined with the prospect of a foreign mission n b the subscriber will keep on hand for sale all manner of paints and colors prepared for the accommodation of those who may wish to do small jobs of painting but who may not have the paints or experience to prepare them house and lot in charlotte for sale on accommodating terms the house and lot in the town of charlotte which ad joins mr john irwin's store on the north cor ner apply to james torrence | charlotte may 7 1824 07

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western carolinian vol v salisbury n c tuesday october 12 1824 no 227 pb15t 1 a rcbhshed every tuesday by j'hilo white january 1810 prove not only that he was not in the confidence of the ad ministration but that his opposition to it was bitter and severe the president's message said he " has been introduced by the chairman of the committee in support of this bill feeble must be thc aid which this measure can derive from that source this message in point of obscurity comes nearer to my ideas of a delphic or,cle thun any state-paper which has come under my inspection it is so cautiously expressed that every man puts what construction on it he pleases is he for war â€” the mes sage breathes nothing but destruction and bloodshed is he for peace ? â€” the message is mere milk and xvater and wholly pacific is he for the bill before you â€” the message calls for its passage is he a friend to a large standing armv ? â€” whv then themes sage means 20,000 regular troops is he friendly to the militia â€” 1 he mes sage does not call for regular troops it means militia thus sir this mes sage means any thing or nothing at the will of the commentator if this message is oracular in its meaning it was no less miraculous in its pro mulgation the newspapers to the east of this stated that such a mes sage would be delivered and stated its contents nearly one week before it reached the two houses of congress to account for this phenomenon is neither within ray power or province 1 could any declaration be quoted from mr pickering himself more in dicative of a want of confidence in mr madison's administration than that of mr crawford whh h may be found in the national intelligencer of febuary 2d 1810 let it be remem bered that this speech was made in opposition to a bill for fitting out all our frigates for the protection of our commerce and that mr crawford there declares that l * if every frigate slonp and bomb-ketch in our navy was a first rate ship of the line it would be even then wholly incompetent to that objecr " if the united states suid he ." were to invest one hundred millions of dollars in vessels of war and to expend one-fourth of that sum annually by employing it for the pro tection of our commerce it would still be unprotected or the nation involved in war which expends more than three hun dred millions of'doliars such were mr crawford's sentiments aud yet he is the consistent republican the staunch defender of our country's rights ! ' !" let us now see what mr crawford thinks of the american n.tvy and what objections he urged againsc mr madison's naval preparations for war the navy said mr crawford " which was created by a federal ad ministration was reduced to what they called a peace establishment in this situation it was founl by the late admin istration mr jefferson's who so far from running into the extreme stopped short in th salutary work of reform " the rew administration cautiously guardinr against tbe charge ot innovation stoiped short of their duty they onglt to have amputated this fungus ofthebody politic and re stored it to a healhy state this was not done and tht nation has conse quently spent aboit twelve millions of dollars upon it the navy such are mr crawford's expressions in con demning mr jefferson for not having destroyed the navy md yet he is a consistent republican and not un friendly to the navy !"' what did mr crawford afterwards say was the only use of the navy here him " that gentleman mr hillhouse and his frends are act ing consistently in supjorting tuis bill they are supporting a system which owes its birth to them they believ ed and no doubt honstly that a gov ernment which relied or support only on the utility of its measures would be weak and inefficimt they en deavoured to strtngthm it by creating asystem of patronage,for that purpose the navy was built mdfor that pur pose and for that alone it is calculated u agaiust great bruin it will be whollv lncffu ient or vortc than ineffi cient such were mr crawford's opinions and yet he s a " consistent republican and not unfriendly to the navy ! !" in the speech of mr crawford on the navv see he national intelligen cer of friday feb 2d 1810 he ar gues against the maxim " that to be prepared for war is the best means of preserving peace which had been cited by a senator from virginia and shows his want of confidence in mr a adison's administration by these remarks : *' gentlemen who think with me who believe that we shall not have war and that so far as depends on our actions we ought not to have it will do well to reflect that wtien our fleets are equipped and armies raised we must employ them we must go to war to justify ourselves to the nation for the exorbitant expenses which we have incurred by these means such are mr crawford's arguments against mr madison's preparations for war and vet mr crawford is " the illustri ous patriot â€” the consistent republican â€” the uniform supporter of mr jeffer son's and mv madison's administra tions ! !" if mr crawford's advice had been followed where would have been the glory of our naval victories ? where the national honor which now dilates the heart of every american on whatever land he may tread or on whatever ocean the winds may waft him ? soften his opposition ? if it did not how came mr crawford after repea ted previous declarations that zve ought not to go to war to return to the senate the next year 1812 and with out a single additional reason for de claring war whenj in fact there was one less as compensation had been made for the attack on the chesa peak vote for it when recommended by mr madison ? was he not at the next session of congress 1812 â€” 10 appointed minister to france although he could not speak one word of french ? the attempt of mr crawford's friends to prove that he enjoyed the entire confidence of mr madison at this time by alleging that he was of fered the war department would not if true redound to his credit j for it would go to establish the fact that at a moment when our country was inva ded and in imminent danger and when we stood in need of aid in the war department mr crawford pre ferred the comparatively idle mission to france with 27,000 dollars for two years services to the arduous duties of the department of war with its 10 or 12,000 dollars salary for the same period when he returned from france the year after peace was con cluded and after mr dallas had no bly discharged the invidious task of re ducing the army and of selecting the officers mr crawford with great wil lingness accepted the appointment al though he still continued intimate with the malcontents who voted for him in caucus the next year 1816 in prefer ence to col monroe ! and has he not been closely connected with those mal contents during all mr monroe's ad ministration and the opponent of its most liberal measures ? was he not in favor of giving to great britain the right of search for slaves on her own terms and did he not tell mr strat ford canning that it was mr adams who insisted in the cabinet on not al lowing it unless the british govern ment made the slave trade piracy ? af ter mr adams succeeded in making the convention on our own terms did not mr crawford who had been in favor of giving great britain greater privileges inform his friends that ow ing to his indisposition he had not been consulted on the final treaty and advise them for electioneering purpo ses to oppose its passage in the sen ate and to raise a hue and cry if pos sible against it ? and did they not all oppose it with the exception of mr barbour who as chairman had re commended it and mr lowrie who feared public opinion in pennsylva nia town lots sale ! ! tt7"ill be sold at public auction on friday t t the 5th of november next at the court house in the new town of lexington david son county twelve town lots in said new town being all the lots remaining unsold the terms will be bonds and approved security at six and twelve months title will be conveyed to the pu r chascr on executing the bonjs john monroe ~) john clemmons i com'rs david cox 3 sept 25 1824 3it27 the terms of the western carolinian will hereafter be as follows : three dollars a year navable in advance # no paper discontinued except at the option rfthe editor until all arrearages are paid advertisements will be inserted at fifty cents per square ibr the first insertion and twenty-five cents for each subsequent one \]| letters addressed to the editor must oe tatt-paid or they will not be attended to political fresh goods tfie subscribers are receiving and opening at their stork in concord direct from philadelphia and new york a large and general assortment of ihom the national jocunal sept 15 jmr crawford's consistency great credit is given to mr craw ford by the opposition papers for what they call his independent votes on the embargo and on the proposed renewal of the charter of the old united states bank there are some facts yet undisclosed connected with these votes and with mr crawford's p,,litical career which are worth know ing and as those journals have refu sed to insert the " westmoreland ad dress notwithstanding its liberality and forbearance in speaking of mr crawford : and as some f them have violently railed at its reputed author m'jor somerville for suggesting that ivir crawford was unfriendly to the gradual increase of the navy it is worth while to disclose a few of them without pretending to know from what information that gentleman drew his conclusions it is easy to show that thev are correct and it might not be difficult to prove that he has spoken too indulgently of mr crawford if any imposition has been practised ou the public credulity by mr crawford's friends in consequence ot his not hav ing been si.fficiei tly conspicuous 15 or 16 years ago to have had all his pin ions distinctly noted and remembered it is time that the veil should be with drawn and the truth made known the public are already informed that this exclusive and consistent repub lican signed in 1798 an address declaring his confidence in u the wis dom justice and firmness of the administration of mr john adams and that after the fall of federalism he denounced it as regardless of " utility in its measures but the extent to which he carried his opposi'ion to the administration of jefferson and of mr madison has not yet been sufficiently pointed out it will be recollected that mr john randolph quarrelled with mr jeffer son and his party except mr galla \ tin about the year of 1s06 or 7 and succeeded in forming a little malcon tent taction which continued to gore and to oppose the government until the declaration of war during the course of it ' who were the members of this opposition to mr jefferson's administration were they not mr randolph of virginia mr d r williams of s carolina mr w h crawford of georgia c cc was not mr crawford first elected to the senate about 1807 and did he not identify himself with the randolph opposition on the embargo and other questions did not the rancorous op position of mr randolph to mr jef ferson's administration cause a violent political quarrel in or about the year of 1808 between him and i r eppes the republican leader in virginia and the son-in-law of mr jefferson ; and did not mr crawford carry a chal lenge from mr randolph to mr eppes and did not mr eppes select his political friend col r m john son of kentucky to bear his accep tance of the challenge although it was known that he mr eppes could scarcely hit a barn-door with a pis tol although mr crawford voted against the embargo did he not when the republican party determined to re peal it vote against the repeal and the next year declare in a speech that " the embargo although vilified and abandoned here had proved effica cious and ought not to have been repealed did he not vote with the malcontents against mr madison's administration and against the repub lican party â€¢ and not only on the em bargo and the united states bank but on almost every great question from the time he went into congress 1807 to 1812 does not the follow ing extract of mr crawford's speech on mr madison's message of the 3d all kinds of goods : and have made arrangements to receive from said places monthly any further supply that may be necessary â€” selected with care and laid in at price3 that will enable them to sell very low their customers and the public at large are respectfully invited to call examine and judge for themselves murphy k brown concord sept 1824 t48 jy country produce of all kinds received in exchange for goods noivce vt august county court the subscriber ob tained letters of administration on the es tate of frederick dinkins dec'd all persons having demands against said estate are reques ted to render them in to the subscriber as soon as convenient that provision may be made for the payment thereof also those indebted to said estate will please to make payment as soon as possible as no indulgence can be given jas dinkins adm'r mecklenburg co zk c jug 28 1824 3il27 store-house at mocksville to rent f f^me subscriber wishes to rent the following 1 property during one year or for a term ot years to wit a lot at mocksville rowan coun ty on which a spacious store-house with a good cellar and a large two-story house divided into convenient and useful apartments are erected mocksville is near about in tlie centre of that section of rowan known as the forks as that part of country both as to fertility of soil and population is not inferior to any a profitable result might be anticipated from a mercantile establishment at that place gentlemen in that business and wishing a situation are invited to call and view tlie premises and judge for them selves elizabeth m pearson mocksville may 22 1824 09 f.iu\e tailor adop rs this plan of informing the citizens of salisbury and its vicinity in general that he has commenced the tailoring business in part of john i'tzman's house situated in market street a few doors from the east corner of die court-house where lie is prepared and will be happy to accommodate any gentlemen who are disposed to patronize him in his line of business in the neatest and most fashionable style or to please fancy he hatters himself from his long experience that there are but few if any in the country that can surpass him in the execution of his work \ fair trial is all he asks to prove the above assertion the changes of fashion shall be strictly attended to as he iias left a correspondent in the district of columbia where he is last from who will send him the fashions on in their regular seasons he hopes by strict attention to business to re ceive a liberal share of public patronage as ha is determined nothing shall be left undone to render general satisfaction salisbury may 5 1824 206 did not mr crawford in that speech say the strongest things to con vince the world that we had no inten tion of going to war ? and did not this speech encourage great britain to re fuse all reparation to mr madison lor the injuries ai.d insults she had helped on us what said mr crawford " but waiving all the arguments said he " against our declaring war which may be drawn from our past conduct he would ask this honourable body whether the present situation of the world does not solemnly admonish this nation to stand aloof from the dreadful convulsions whh which europe has for years past been agitated to its cen tre ? yes sir the character of the war and the principles upon which it is con ducted admonish us in the most sol emn m inner to remain quiet until its stormy billows shall subside into a calm " let it be the wisdom of this nation to remain at peace as h.ng as peace is within its option having shown from our past conduct that we do not mean to declare war and also that sound policy forbids us to do it it is necessary to inquire into the probability of its being declared against us such were the sentiments of mr crawford when great britain was plundering impressing and mur dering americans even in sight of the steeples of new york and nor folk ! and yet he is called " the consis tent republican the defender of his country's rights in objecting to mr madison's wish to have our five frigates fitted out what did mr crawford say but admitting said he " there is danger of war with england of what service will these few additional frigates be against the 1000 ships of war which that nation can put in commission ?" u if they are sent out to prey upon the commerce of the enemy but few if any of them will ever return to de fend our ports " it is in vain for us to contend on the cceau with a nation these facts and inquiries shall suffice for the present if the friends of mr crawford desire more let them pro voke them in the mean time it may be asked of a candid public whether a man who like mr crawford ne ver originated a single important mea sure in congress nor ranked as a first rate man there â€” who never gave more proof of executive than legislative tal ent â€” who never fought a public battle no made a treaty â€” who showed a sin gular want of influence or ability in the case of a certain schooner at nantz and who never ranked above a second rate diplomatist abroad whether such a man is fit to be made president of the united states even if his health were good and if his compeer mr gallatin did not cling to him as boi leau represents the spectre of chagrin mounted behind , and clinging to a man who is spurring his horse to es cape from him tav\ot\ng pÂ»wsii\css the subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public at arge that he has survived his tedious illness of the fever so that he can attend to his shop again he hopes that his customers may not forget to call on him as usual as there shaii be nothing lacking to ren der them general satisfaction in the above busi ness he pursues those that may please to call on the subscriber no doubt will be as well pleased as in any other shop in the town of salisbury it is not very necessary to mention distant fashions as some do for gentlemen are in the habit of having a particular fashion to suit themselves in dresses : i will enrage to have as good work done as can be done in the town of salisbury and on the most desirable terms also cutting and repairing will be duly atten ded to n b ladies pelieces can be cut or made '>^ f the neatest fashion at the subscriber's jnop opposite the state bank in salisbury g^^^^^^^hsamlt.r pricg . it'29 but how comes it that mr madison afterwards patronised the man who so warmly < pposed his administration why for a very plain reason the war was approaching the federal par ty increasing and mr crawford at the head of a large party in georgia whose coalition with the federalists nvght have paralized the executive to neutralize mr crawford and de tach him from randolph was conse quently of importance to the govern ment and this was accordingly contri ved and executed julv 30 1824 house and si$?i painting c i eokge vv gj&mes informs his friends h and the public that he s'ill continues to execute all kinds of house sign coach wind sor chair and ornamental painting in a style of workmanship equal to any in the country gentlemen having work to do within 50 or 60 miles of salisbury can engage the subscriber's 'â– services on very short notice the subscriber takes this opportunity to re turn his sincere thanks to all those who have generously extended tbeir favors to him ; and by his faithfulness and industry in future hopes still to merit their friendship and patronage salisbury july 5 1824 14 en vain il voudroit fuir cet incommode ami toujours il monte en croupe et galope avec lui sertorius â€” â™¦â– â€” description of a soil mr cobbett gives the following de scription of the soil best calculated for growing the wheat to be used for straw plat in imitation of leghorn :â€” " i am of opinion that a clean poor clayey field ; a nasty stiff miserable wicked soil that clings and bakes as hard as a stone with 5 or 6 days sun and that is as cold as greenland six inches beneath the surface ; a field that has broken the hearts of hun dreds of horses and scores of farmers ; i think if you could get such a field as this quite clean and were to sow it whh ten bushels to the acre you might probably get a crop of wheat as fine as hog's bris ' lies it happened that before mr smith resigned as secretary of state in 1811 the executive had some business of a secret nature to the south and at the suggestion ofthe secretary the presi dent determined to offer the agency to mr crawford now did not the se cretary write a letter to mr crawford full of compliment and flattery inviting him to accept the appointment : did he not accept it ? did it not combined with the prospect of a foreign mission n b the subscriber will keep on hand for sale all manner of paints and colors prepared for the accommodation of those who may wish to do small jobs of painting but who may not have the paints or experience to prepare them house and lot in charlotte for sale on accommodating terms the house and lot in the town of charlotte which ad joins mr john irwin's store on the north cor ner apply to james torrence | charlotte may 7 1824 07